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Assembly Bill A8609

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Extends the statute of limitations for certain sexual harassment complaints

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2021-A8609 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5769
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §297, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S3443
2025-2026: S3469

2021-A8609 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the statute of limitations for complaints alleging cases of sexual harassment in employment, to 3 years or within 1 year of the complainant's employment termination at such employer, whichever is later.

2021-A8609 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8609
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to extending the  statute
   of limitations for certain sexual harassment complaints
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Subdivision 5 of section 297  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  section  160  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section must be so filed with-
 in one year after the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice. In cases
 of sexual harassment in employment, any complaint filed pursuant to this
 section must be so filed within three years after the  alleged  unlawful
 discriminatory  practices  OR,  WHEN  THE  CASE INVOLVES EMPLOYMENT AT A
 STATE AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF, THE OFFICE OF THE  GOVERNOR  OR
 THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE,  WITHIN  THREE YEARS AFTER THE ALLEGED UNLAWFUL
 DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES OR WITHIN ONE YEAR OF COMPLAINANT'S  EMPLOYMENT
 TERMINATION AT SUCH EMPLOYER, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law, and shall apply to any complaint filed on, before  or
 after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10518-02-1

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